Grain-car.



Patented Aug. l4, I900 a. DOUGLAS.

GRAIN DAR. (Application filed Dec. 80, 1899.)

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Patented Aug. I4, I900.

G. DOUGLAS.

GRAIN GAR.

(Application filed Dec. so, 1899.)

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GEORGE DOUGLAS, OF WOLCOTT, INDIANA.

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srnczrrca'rron forming 5m of Letters Patent it. easier, dated August 14,icon.

' Application filed December 30,1899. Serial No. 742,070. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE DOUGLAS, a citizen of the United States,residing at 701- cott, in the county of White and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Grain- Car, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention has relation to trucks or cars for moving grain, and hasfor its objects to tion, strength, and reliability of such devices.

With these objects in View the invention consists in the peculiarconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter fullydescribed and afterward specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is aperspective View of the frame of a grain-car constructed in accordancewith my invention with the floor and doors in position. Fig. 2 is atransverse vertical sectional View of a complete car on a plane cuttingthrough the door. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the sills in position onthe wheels and the sleepers in position on the sills. Fig. 4 is alongitudinal vertical sectional view on the plane indicated by thebroken line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail perspectiveView of the central portion of the car with the outer door open. Fig. 6is a horizontal sectional view on the plane cutting through the doors,as shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective sectional Viewthrough part of the roof, including the sliding roof-door. Fig. 7 is adetail perspective view of the joint between the sleepers and studding.Fig.8 is a similar view of the joint between the sleepers andcorner-studding or posts. Fig. 9 is a similar view of the joint betweenthe corner-studdin g and plates, showing also part of a side stud, anend stud, and a rafter-support. Fig. 10 is a detail perspective view ofthe upper end of one of the Fig. 11 is a detail perspective view of thecorner-joint between the binding beams or bars.

Like numerals of reference mark the same parts wherever they appearinthe several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 12 and 13 indicate axles, whichare journaled in bearings 14, depending from longitudinal sills 15 16,and to which are secured wheels 17 13,

of height and tread suitable for hauling over plowed or ordinary ground.The sills are transversely notched in their upper surfaces to receivetransverse sleepers, the end sleepers being marked 19 and theintermediate sleepers 20. The end sleepers are beveled off at theirouter corners, as at 21, and provided with end longitudinal notches 22and transverse notches 23, all in their upper surfaces,

with the transverse notches extend ing inward J from the outer edges.secured to the under face of the ends of the sills and bent up and overthe end sleepers and secured thereto. The intermediate sleepers areprovided with end notches 25 in their upper faces. I

26 indicates the side plates, and 27 the end plates, the ends of whichare halved, as at 28 29, so as to overlap at the corners, the projectingends being notched transversely from their inside edges, and the mainbodies of the plates notched in their under surfaces in the side platesand in the end plates.

Straps 24 of metal are 33 and 34 indicate the intermediate studs at thesides and ends, respectively, and 35 and 36 the corner-studs. Theintermediate side studs 33 are set in the notches 25 of the intermediatesleepers and secured therein by bolts 37, passing through metal straps38 and the sleepers and studs. The upper ends of these studs are securedin the notches in the side plates 26. The lower ends of the intermediateend studs 34 are secured in notches 23 in the end sleepers and theirupper ends in the notches in the end plates 27. The cornor-studs 35 and36 are secured at, top and bottom in the corresponding notches in theend plates and end sleepers. Slats or boards set horizontal at about twoinches, as at 40 in Figs. 2 and 5, are secured to the inside of thestudding and form end walls, providing ventilation, while preventingear-corn from getting between the studding, while a suitable fioor 39 issecured upon the sleepers.

Rafters 41 42 reach from one side plate to the other, the end raftersbeing supported by short studs 43, notched into or otherwise secured tothe end plates.

44 indicates a door in the gable end, pro vided with a suitable latch orhasp 45. The

a eta-7e? lining may be made of overlapped siding or weather-boarding,if desired. The upper ends of the studs are halved, as at 47, in Fig.10. The corner-studding is secured to the end plates by means of boltsor pins 48 passing through metal strap 49, bent around the ends of theend sleepers. The side and end studs are notched in their outer surfacesto receive metallic binding beams or bars 50 and 51, and these beams orbars haVe'outwardly-inclined ends 52 53, which are parallel at thecorners of the structure and are drawn together and held by bolts 54,the joint being shown in detail in Fig. 11.

Suitable roofing, preferably of sheet metal, is secured at 55 and 56 tothe outside of the rafters and the intermediate space filled in by asliding sheet, forming a door 57, which also forms part of the roof andoverhangs, af ter the manner of eaves, the boards 58, which slidebetween studs and form part of the side walls.

59 indicates a door hinged at 60 to a stud and provided with a lock orlatch 61.

Sheets 62 of metal are secured to the studding on the outside, thesheets abutting edge to edge on the studs, the joint being covered bysheet-metal straps 63, through which the securing-nails are driven.

The sheets of the roof abut edge to edge on the rafters, and the jointsare covered by strips 64, the strips at the sides of the roofdoor beingraised by inserting strips 65 under their outer edges to provide spacesbetween the strips 64. and the roof-sheets, in which the door may slide.

All of the parts, as herein described, are of simple and cheapconstruction, and the whole device may be built by an ordinary mechanic.The structure may be taken apart and stored or shipped and when set upwill be very handy for storing grain, such as ear-corn, or hauling itfrom place toplace on the farm or elsewhere.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is-- 1. In a grain-car, the combination with longitudinalsills, of bearings depending therefrom, axles carrying fixed wheels andjournaled in said bearings, transverse intermediate sleepers notchedinto the sills and having notches in their upper outer edges, studdingseated in said notches, straps of metal around the ends of saidsleepers, and bolts through the straps, sleepers and studs,substantially as described.

2. In a grain car, the combination with longitudinal sills mounted onwheels and having transverse notches in their upper faces, intermediatetransverse sleepers secured in said notches, and having notches in theirupper outer edges andtransverse sleepers havin g end and side notches,side studs end studs and corner-studs engaging in the notches of thesleepers, and metal straps for holding them therein, substantially asdescribed.

3. The herein-described end sleepers, each having beveled ends, andnotches and side notches, in combination with the corner-studs fittingin said notches, and metal straps holding them in, substantially asdescribed.

4:. The end and side plates herein described halved and lapped at theirends and provided with longitudinal and transverse notches, incombination with the corner-studs at right angles to each other andsecured in said notches, substantially as described.

5. In a grain-car, the combination with two adjacent studs and twoadjacent rafters, forming a doorway and a continuation thereof in theroof, of boards adapted to slide vertically between the studs, a dooradapted to slide between the rafters, and an outside door hinged to oneof the studs, substantially as described. I

GEORGE DOUGLAS.

Witnesses:

J AMES A. MAY, JAMES B. ALnERTsoN.

